About Agile Advisory
Built for Pressure. Trusted for Precision.
Agile Advisory Services is a 100% black and women-owned IT consultancy helping CIOs, boards, and business leaders make smarter, safer, faster decisions under pressure. We deliver strategic IT leadership, project recovery, cyber resilience, and boardroom clarity all without the cost or politics of a full-time exec team.
Who We Serve
We serve forward-thinking leaders navigating complex technology decisions without the luxury of time, resources, or deep technical expertise. Whether you’re a stretched CIO, a tech-cautious board, an ops leader under pressure, or a scaling team without IT leadership we bring clarity, confidence, and calm to your technology journey.
Boards with Limited Tech
We help boards understand complex tech and cyber issues, translating technical risks into business language empowering informed decisions, stronger oversight, and goals.
Scaling mid-market teams without full-time IT
For growing teams without IT leadership, we provide fractional expertise guiding strategy, managing risk, and supporting execution to help businesses scale securely and efficiently.
Overstretched CIOs
We support overwhelmed CIOs by handling assessments, cyber risk, and projects freeing them to focus on strategy while ensuring critical initiatives stay on track with expert oversight.
Ops & Risk Leaders Managing Complex Environments
We assist ops and risk leaders in navigating complexity with clear frameworks, improved visibility, and actionable insights enabling faster, smarter decisions in evolving operational landscapes.
Why Us
Agile Advisory delivers executive‑level, sprint‑driven results from a 100% Black women‑owned, BEE Level 1, vendor‑neutral team with deep POPIA/King IV/GDPR expertise, trusted by boards, investors, CIOs, and risk leaders.
Executive-level experience, no junior consultants
Results-focused — sprint-style, not theoretical
BEE Level 1 — 100% black and women-owned
Deep expertise in compliance (POPIA, King IV, GDPR)
Vendor-neutral and action-driven
Trusted by boards, investors, CIOs, and risk leaders
Meet The Team
Meet the Advisors Who Step In When It Matters
Neda Smith
Managing Director
Neda Smith is an IT leader with 25+ years’ experience driving digital transformation, aligning tech with business goals.
Sandra la Bella
Consultant
Sandra is a passionate CIO with 40 years in tech, known for aligning IT strategy with business goals and financial success.
Shoaib Nathie
Consultant
Shoaib is a MBA-qualified CIO with extensive IT leadership, driving digital transformation, high-performing teams, and business growth across multiple industries.
Eugenia Barale
Privacy Consultant
Eugenia is an LLB-qualified, attorney with 10+ years’ expertise in law, compliance, privacy, & GRC. Certified CIPP, DORA, Snr. Lead Manager, and compliance, finance, and sustainability specialist.
Pieter van der Merwe
Consultant
Pieter is an ICT Manager with more than 25 years’ experience across the Manufacturing, Timber, Mining, Education and Automotive Sectors.
Shaun Henderson
Consultant
Shaun is a Chartered CIO with more than three decades of technology leadership experience.
100% Black and Women-Owned | BEE Level 1 Contributor.
We proudly serve Africa’s leading organisations by delivering clarity, strategy, and execution where it counts.
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We’ve led through complexity. Now we help you lead through it, too.